The workshop is adjacent to the farmhouse at 'Weltevreden'. Monthly Baroque music concerts are hosted at Weltevreden featuring local and international musicians. Followed by cheese and wine, the concerts are well attended by appreciative audiences. Click on any picture to see it enlarged. |
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The entrance to the farmhouse |
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The far doorway leads into the workshop |
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A corner of the house as seen from the workshop |
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Two Chest Organs were under construction when the pictures below were taken in the workshop. The completed instruments were subsequently shipped to Japan. |
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Selecting and sizing pipe wood |
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Final planing of a pipe |
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A line of finished mitred pipes |
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Another pipe under the plane |
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Assembly of pipes on windchest |
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Fine work on the pallets |
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Absorbed in a delicate fitting process |   |
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Patient handskills being applied |   |
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Working with a windchest |   |
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Fitting pallets on to the windchest |   |
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Consulting the drawings |   |
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Partially completed pipes |   |
Tools of a mostly bygone age are still used in applying careful and precise handwork. Many have been inherited from grandfather, Walter Selway. |
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Some of the many old tools in frequent use |   |
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This plane was made in about 1730 |   |
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Traditional spokeshave still giving reliable service |   |
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A wooden smoothing plane in action |   |
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Shaping a plectrum (quill) with a scalpel |   |
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Finishing windchest pallets |   |
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'Go bars' being used to clamp soundboard ribs |   |
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The farm kitchen - a welcome place to be at the end of the day |   |   | . |   |